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ing the cottonseed meal produced gains at $11.39 per cwt. as com- 

 pared with $12.73 by a ration in which proprietary molasses feed 

 was used as a supplement. 



SUMMARY. Table XVI shows a brief summary of the data 

 secured in the three lots in which molasses and molasses feed were 

 compared. The cattle in Lot 4 receiving a ration of shelled corn, 

 cottonseed meal, clover hay, and corn silage increased their weight 

 302.6 pounds per steer during the feeding period of one hundred 

 fifty days. It would have been necessary for these cattle to sell at 

 $8.05 per cwt. in order to pay expenses. The actual selling price 

 in the lots was $8.70 thus returning a profit of $7.60 per steer when 

 pork is not included. When this by-product was added to the re- 

 ceipts from the cattle the profit was $13.61. The cattle fed a similar 

 ration but with three pounds of corn replaced by an equal quantity 

 of molasses, increased their weight 337 pounds per steer in one hun- 

 dred 'fifty days. It would have been necessary for these cattle to 

 sell for $8.13 per cwt. in order to pay expenses. The actual selling 

 price was $8.75 thus returning a profit of $7.48 not including pork 

 which item increased the profit to $11.52 per head. Cattle fed a 

 ration of shelled corn, molasses feed, clover hay, and corn silage 

 increased their weight 285.1 pounds per steer in one hundred fifty 

 days and would have had to sell for $8.33 per cwt. in order to pay 

 expenses. The actual selling price was $8.60 thus returning a profit 

 of $3.16 per steer not including pork and $9.24 when this item is 

 considered. It is called to the attention of the reader that the most 

 efficient ration from the standpoint of the gains and the finish of 

 the cattle was the one composed of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, 

 molasses, clover hay and corn silage but that the most economical 

 ration was the one consisting of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, clover 

 hay, and corn silage. 



